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Nailea Castillo's avatar

What a beautiful portrait of a clearly dear friend, thank you for sharing. So sorry for your loss and cheers to your amazing friendship.

Basement Whatever's avatar

This is a beautiful tribute. In just a few words, the light your friend brought into the world shines out from the page. May he rest in peace.

Sebastian Stockman's avatar

Thanks for reading! And thanks for these nice words.

Cara Feinberg's avatar

Really good piece, Sebastian. You described him so well I can see he would have loved reading this.

Jim Hannon's avatar

So well done and not reaching too far. Can I put you on retainer for mine?

Grifter supreme, indeed.

I grew up hating the sixers, back when it was easy to get tickets to the Garden. Russell > Wilt, Sam Jones > Hal Greer. Later too but nothing about sports is as important after age 12.

The declaration of the Assumption (1950) is one of two explicitly ex cathedra statements ever made by a Pope. It's the way the Church, given five years to think about it, responded to the chaos and genocide of WW2. Did you know that if you swim in the ocean on August 15, fest of the Assumption, you're guaranteed not to drown for the next 365 days? You're welcome.

Cari Wade Gervin's avatar

I laughed so hard at all the bad ledes. Thank you for that. And for the beautiful memories of Dan.

Drew McQuade's avatar

Thanks, Sub

Sebastian Stockman's avatar

I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to say hi to you at the service, Mr. McQuade (though I did get to speak to Mrs. McQuade, briefly.) I'm so sorry for this loss for all of us, but especially for you, Denise, Jan and Simon.

Crone Life's avatar

It's so hard to write this kind of tribute, but you did an amazing job

Sebastian Stockman's avatar

Thank you — that means a lot!

Evie Ebert's avatar

So sorry you lost your friend. He sounds excellent.

Sebastian Stockman's avatar

Thank you, Evie. He was a real mensch.